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LOG ON
30 September 2008 / Ruby Lounge / Manchester
:: Jackie O :: The Vipers :: Bob Log III :: The Kiss Off ::
Two female audience members sit on Bob's lap for the delightfully titled "I Want Your Shit on My Leg"

DEATHIBLES
25 September 2008 / Dry Bar / Manchester
:: Eureka Machines :: Trojan Horse ::
It's another one of Phil Beats' superb club nights and I've just been round this morning to see if they found my ears anywhere on the floor..

STOP / START
16 September 2008 / Night & Day / Manchester
:: Born Ruffians :: Hard Luck Child :: Gallops! ::
Hopefully these Ruffians will scrap it out for a few more years yet.

EXTRA EXTRA HEAR ALL ABOUT IT
21 September 2008 / Tiger Lounge / Manchester
:: Daniel Land And The Modern Painters :: St Deluxe ::
With one final blast of spiralling echoes there's little doubt this is a band heading for the stars

SUNDAY ROAST
14 September 2008 / Sir Ralph Abecromby / Manchester
:: Monster Island :: The Ascension ::
Northern early post-punk indie, stuffed through a filter of intelligent off-kilter US lo-fi and sprinkled with a dose of good old Lancastrian weirdness

FOR THE RECORD
14 September 2008 / Zavvi Store / Manchester
:: Big Finn ::
Remember when record shop instores used to mean busking in front of the singles racks?

GIVING FEEDBACK
20 September 2008 / Kro Bar (1) / Manchester
:: The Telescopes :: The Lightshines :: Kontakte :: Lazybones ::
What the hell are they soundchecking, a whale?

EERIE WINDS
18 September 2008 / Sacred Trinity Church / Salford
:: My Brightest Diamond :: Marla Hansen ::
"Excuse me, is there a church round here?"

SMASH IT UP
18 September 2008 / 53 Degrees / Preston
:: Twisted Wheel :: Underdogs ::
A very promising preview for the new Wheel album, maintaining the anguish and desperation that epitomizes any good punk band with added melodic peaks

THAR HE BLOWS
17 September 2008 / Hard Rock Cafe / Manchester
:: This Is My Lawnmower :: Inego ::
Ladies and gentlemen, long may they mow...

DO THE STANDING STILL
06 September 2008 / Castlefield Arena / Manchester
:: Santo Gold ::
If it’s quality that counts she’s entitled to nick off early

SWEAT SHOP
05 September 2008 / Night & Day / Manchester
:: Frightened Rabbit :: We Were Promised Jetpacks :: Filthy Souls ::
Detroit? New York? Nope. Wigan

BIRDS OF PREY
13 September 2008 / The Castle / Oldham
:: The Christophers :: El Condorez :: Galleon ::
Electric dreams at the Oldham outpost...

RAIN DIDN'T STOP PLAY
09 September 2008 / The Met / Bury (mcr)
:: Garron Frith :: Tia Mcgraff ::Lizzie Nunnery :: Harry Brennan ::
There's a submission for Cliff Richard's 100th single and a song inspired by a visit to the Anne Frank House that's driven by a repeated chorus refrain of "Behind the bookcase...".

UBIK vs WOTGODFORGOT - AN ENTERTAINING DRAW
04 September 2008 / The Roadhouse / Manchester
:: Stray Dog Café :: Laymar :: TVH-3 :: Silver Apples ::
The frail looking figure in a slim black roll-neck could almost be an elderly vicar were it not for his sparkling ear-stud, and the intriguing laboratory that is his instrument...

DRUM & BASIN
06 September 2008 / Castlefield Arena / Manchester
:: Massive Attack ::
For Massive Attack it’s not going to be a greatest hits re-union event, even if they could quite easily slip into the comfort zone